PMO Job Trends in the South West

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 122 214
Rank change year-on-year -73 +92 -25
Permanent jobs citing PMO 19 37 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.24% 1.31% 0.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.70% 8.83% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 32
10th Percentile - £29,750 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,909 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £50,000 £58,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £66,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £51,749
% change year-on-year -7.69% +25.61% -10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 704 419 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.04% 14.85% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 452 255 820
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,825 £34,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.74% -4.74%
75th Percentile £75,754 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,875 £88,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.95% +9.52% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PMO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

PMO job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PMO

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in the South West over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon -42 10 £82,500 - 2
Dorset +2 7 £37,500 -25.00%
Bristol -24 1 £55,000 +15.79% 7
Somerset -34 1 £95,000 +201.59% 2
PMO
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support
1 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Support Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Head of PMO
2 2 (10.53%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Portfolio Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) CMDB
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Capacity Planning
1 8 (42.11%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (42.11%) Data Analysis
1 8 (42.11%) Demand Forecasting
1 8 (42.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 8 (42.11%) ERP
1 8 (42.11%) Production Planning
1 8 (42.11%) Root Cause Analysis
1 8 (42.11%) Workflow
2 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
2 5 (26.32%) Configuration Management
2 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) ITSM
2 5 (26.32%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (26.32%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
2 5 (26.32%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CPIM
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO 9001
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Adobe
1 5 (26.32%) Citrix
1 5 (26.32%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (26.32%) McAfee
1 5 (26.32%) Tenable
1 5 (26.32%) Zscaler